After being reminded of it tonight, it has been impossible to erase a New York Dolls cover of a '50s song known in its incarnations by The Jay Hawks and The Cadets, "Stranded In The Jungle," from my mind. I remember playing it at least three times on KCOU and was amused each time by the lead singer's ability to conjure up a jungle-like atmosphere and then segue into a '50s pastiche with the transition line, "Meanwhile, back in the states..."
I wonder if the tune was ever performed on the "Sha Na Na" show in the late '70s or early '80s. If not, it should have been.
